Sour Grapes: Duke Coach Says Obama Should Worry About Economy, Not NCAA Picks
Tommy Christopher
Contributor
Posted:
03/19/09
Fox News reports that Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski is taking his omission from the President's NCAA Final Four bracket graciously:
This isn't the first time the President has made waves in college sports. Just before the election, Obama denounced college football's BCS poll in favor of a playoff system.
There has been an effort to paint Obama as overly ambitious, or spread too thin, even by some Senate Democrats. I hardly think this 11-minute fulfillment of a campaign promise rises to that level.
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C.I like the defiant trash-talking, but I'm not sure about the messaging. Is he saying that March Madness is a waste of time? Couldn't the same thing be said of most Americans? "Well, that's all well and good, but shouldn't Eddie be focused on fixing my car, probably more than the brackets?"
This isn't the first time the President has made waves in college sports. Just before the election, Obama denounced college football's BCS poll in favor of a playoff system.
There has been an effort to paint Obama as overly ambitious, or spread too thin, even by some Senate Democrats. I hardly think this 11-minute fulfillment of a campaign promise rises to that level.
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